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SKILL SCHOOL
    PROJECT
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                                                                       To check the thickness of the base, stop the

          Open out the centre by pressing the fingers of your   TIPwheel running, then press down into the clay
          right hand down through the clay to within 10mm of the   with a pin. Drop your finger down to the clay and hold

          wheel head.                                          it there as you lift the pin out. This will clearly show
           Support the right hand with the left as you draw the   you the thickness of the base
          clay back towards your body until the base is opened
          to a width of approximately 10cm.
           The resulting mass should look like a thick doughnut.
           Compress the clay in the base by running your
          fingers or the side of your knuckle over the surface

          several times, from the centre to the outer edge.
           Compressing the clay in this way helps prevent
          cracking during drying and firing.













































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